Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood. Districts are a type of Administrative division, in some countries managed by a Local government. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or The word has come into use in English mostly through the large Hispanic populations on both coasts of the United States. A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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In its formal usage, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints In Cuba, Puerto Rico and Spain, the term barrio is also used to denote a subdivision of a municipio (or municipality); the barrios are further subdivided into sectors. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Municipio ( Spanish and Italian) and Município ( Portuguese) are terms used for subnational entities. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or In the Philippines, the term may also simply refer to a rural village and is spelled in Filipino as baryo. Filipino is the national and an Official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
In Argentina, a barrio is a traditional division of a municipality officially delineated by the local authority at a later time, and sometimes keeps a distinct character from others (as in the barrios of Buenos Aires -- though they have been superseded by larger administrative divisions). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The city of Buenos Aires is divided in 48 barrios or neighbourhoods. Here, the word does not have a special socioeconomic connotation, except that it is used in contrast to the centro (city center or downtown). The expression barrio cerrado (translated "closed neighborhood") is employed for small, upper-class, residential settlements, planned with an exclusive criterion and often literally enclosed in walls (a kind of gated community). In its modern form a gated community is a form of Residential community containing controlled entrances for Pedestrians Bicycles and Automobiles
More commonly, however, in the United States, barrios refer to lower-class neighborhoods with largely Spanish-speaking residents, basically the Latino equivalent of a "ghetto". The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure The word often implies that the poverty level is high in such a neighborhood, but this inference is not universal. While there are many so-called barrios in the United States, Little Village, Chicago and Pilsen, Chicago are among the largest and most well-known, and are simply referred to as "El Barrio" by natives of the surrounding areas. Neighborhoods Little Village Little Village is a neighborhood on Chicago's West Side historically designated "South Lawndale" it was popularly known Neighborhoods Heart of Chicago Heart of Chicago is a neighborhood located in the southwest corner of the Lower West Side community area and has an Italian Also, barrios most portrayed in national media and pop culture are Spanish Harlem in New York City and East L.A.. Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio and East Harlem, is a low income neighborhood in Harlem area of New York City, The City of New York See also East Los Angeles (region East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L
In the United States barrios can also refer to the geographical "turf" claimed by a Latino gang; this usage is generally limited to the Chicano gangs of California. Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game. Chicano (feminine Chicana) is a politically-loaded word for a Mexican American (in the sense of native-born Americans of Mexican ancestry as opposed to Mexican The dramatization of gang life in music videos and movies has popularized this usage among the general population. Some gangs spell the word varrio, a common variant as some Spanish speakers (such as Mexicans) pronounce the letter "v" like the English "b". In yet another colloquial usage of the term, ethnic "ghettos" and "-towns" are often referred to by Spanish speakers as barrios appended with the appropriate qualifying adjective. A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure For example, Chinatowns are known as barrios chinos. A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of Chinese outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China.
The United States usage is also seen in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, where barrio is commonly given to slums in the outer rims of big cities such as Caracas, as well as lower to middle class neighborhoods in other cities and towns. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela.
The word barrio was used to refer to the locality-based campsite sectors of the Camp for Climate Action in 2007. The Camps for Climate Action are campaign gatherings (similar to Peace camps that take place to draw attention to and to act as a base for Direct action
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Barrio and Barrios are also Spanish surnames. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name. The equivalent French spelling, Barriault, is a common name in Quebec. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk In Portugal the derivated surname Barros is very common.
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barrio
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- (informal) An area or neighborhood in a U.S. city inhabited primarily by people speaking Spanish or of Hispanic origin.
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